{"id":952,"date":"2011-10-17T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whenyouare.wpengine.com\/?p=952"},"modified":"2014-02-28T14:37:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T18:37:30","slug":"a-short-note-on-quinoa-is-your-estrogen-level-higher-than-your-wifes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whenyouareserious.com\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"A Short Note On Quinoa. Is Your Estrogen Level Higher Than Your Wife&#8217;s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are always looking for a loophole in my general injunction to avoid grains; keep in mind this is not a universal injunction but a fairly general one.\u00a0 I am frequently asked whether quinoa is such a loophole.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the estradiol\/estrogen graphs of 2 men who added quinoa to their diet. Note that these are two year graphs so the estradiol variance is not mere chance.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot say that every time a man adds quinoa to his diet this will happen but to me it is an interesting and alarming development.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Remember that my patients understand the need for tight control on behavior for the data to have value so we are pretty sure the only difference between 2 years of stable estradiol and the peaks, and in the other case a post quinoa elimination data point as well, is the addition of quinoa to their diet.<\/p>\n<p>Smile, Have Fun, God Speed,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mike<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmm&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouare.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"955\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/whenyouareserious.com\/?attachment_id=955\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?fit=1030%2C524\" data-orig-size=\"1030,524\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Flash 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?fit=300%2C152\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?fit=640%2C325\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-955\" title=\"Flash 2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouare.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?resize=640%2C326\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?w=1030 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?resize=300%2C152 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash-21.jpg?resize=1024%2C520 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouare.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"953\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/whenyouareserious.com\/?attachment_id=953\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg?fit=1012%2C525\" data-orig-size=\"1012,525\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Flash\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg?fit=300%2C155\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg?fit=640%2C332\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-953\" title=\"Flash\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouare.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg?resize=640%2C332\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg?w=1012 1012w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whenyouareserious.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flash1.jpg?resize=300%2C155 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are always looking for a loophole in my general injunction to avoid grains; keep in mind this is not a universal injunction but a fairly general one.\u00a0 I am frequently asked whether quinoa is such a loophole. 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